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over to you. >> first of all, i'll start with acting cia director mike morell. he was talking with lawmakers today. one of the issues the senate intelligence committee is going to have to work out is whether or not david petraeus will come up and testify on thursday before the committee behind closed doors about what happened in the benghazi mess. he had been scheduled to testify. how this sex scandal and his resignation impacts that is being resolved now on capitol hill. let me bring you up to speed on everything going on in this sex scandal. it's a sprawling scandal. the person at the center of it appears to be jill kelley. she's the tampa socialite who was involved in some kind of e-mail relationship with general john allen. he's the marine corps general who commands u.s. troops in afghanistan. the nature of that e-mail relationship has been described as possibly inappropriate, has been defended by others. we don't know what the contents of the e-mails were. jill kelley apparently was perceived as a romantic rival to paula broadwell. broadwell is the biograph
over to you. >> first of all, i'll start with acting cia director mike morell. he was talking with lawmakers today. one of the issues the senate intelligence committee is going to have to work out is whether or not david petraeus will come up and testify on thursday before the committee behind closed doors about what happened in the benghazi mess. he had been scheduled to testify. how this sex scandal and his resignation impacts that is being resolved now on capitol hill. let me bring you...
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the cia sex scandal taking another turn under a attack in belize. most bizarre of all, republicans and democrats may actually be getting along in washington, d.c. get more on these market, how they are reacting to everything going on. give it us to straight, bob. the sector with the biggest gains today is utilities? >> yep. >> and i have no idea why. >> well, i will give you some ideas here. the dow utilities has been down nine straight trading days, until today. we have had a turn around. that's the fiscal cliff, folks. that's what this rise above is all about, trying to figure out a solution to this they are up today for the first time, some of the northeastern utilities have been weak because of the concerns over sandy. by and large, fiscal cliff, higher taxes on dividend stocks a major reason we have seen the stocks weak. the first day we have seen a turn around, this is important, dividends more important than ever, virtuely a human part of the overall stock business. put up the numbers. this month, folks, the all-time record for dividend payou
the cia sex scandal taking another turn under a attack in belize. most bizarre of all, republicans and democrats may actually be getting along in washington, d.c. get more on these market, how they are reacting to everything going on. give it us to straight, bob. the sector with the biggest gains today is utilities? >> yep. >> and i have no idea why. >> well, i will give you some ideas here. the dow utilities has been down nine straight trading days, until today. we have had a...
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the coincidence of having a relationship of some kind with the head of the cia and a relationship that involved potentially inappropriate e-mails with the top commander in afghanistan is something worth looking at. >> 30,000 pages? >> 30,000 pages of inappropriate, what does that mean? >> triple spacing? >> does that mean picture? >> you've had students, triple spacing. >> the margins. it's all courier font and you adjust the margins. >> maybe sharing material, is that what we're talking about? >> it's unclear. i haven't seen the e-mails but your friend and mine ben white at politico tweeted that is more pages than "war and peace" so clearly the general had some spare time on his hands to compose these e-mails and send them off. >> you have twins and then you need two generals i guess. >> maybe it was reply all. >> so much better than "army wives." >>> will the estate tax kill an economic comeback? joining us now his take is rbc wealth management ceo john taft his company manages $227 billion worldwide. walk us through the estate tax implications and what you're telling clients they ne
the coincidence of having a relationship of some kind with the head of the cia and a relationship that involved potentially inappropriate e-mails with the top commander in afghanistan is something worth looking at. >> 30,000 pages? >> 30,000 pages of inappropriate, what does that mean? >> triple spacing? >> does that mean picture? >> you've had students, triple spacing. >> the margins. it's all courier font and you adjust the margins. >> maybe sharing...
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of power that we're talking about are so high, where these people would know the whereabouts of the cia director, know his activities, even maybe privy to some of the stuff about the benghazi investigation that no one else is privy to. who had sex, who didn't. >> 30,000 pages of e-mails. >> that the other guy sent. >> general allen and jill kelley -- >> that appear to be a little bit weird. >> he said yesterday he was just cc'd. >> which is even weirder. >> which takes away from the fiscal cliff. i had some viewers that were laughing at me because i was saying do we go with closing loopholes and deductions or do we go with letting the tax cuts expire on the wealthy. and they were laughing. they said obama's going to do both. he's going to ask for both. he's going to want all of it. if it's 1.6 -- >> 1.6 trillion over ten years. >> twice where we were with boehner. but might be the beginning of bargain point. but you get 820 billion. so there's another 800 billion. at this point, the others are saying no cuts to medicare, social security, or anything else. and they have to find another 8
of power that we're talking about are so high, where these people would know the whereabouts of the cia director, know his activities, even maybe privy to some of the stuff about the benghazi investigation that no one else is privy to. who had sex, who didn't. >> 30,000 pages of e-mails. >> that the other guy sent. >> general allen and jill kelley -- >> that appear to be a little bit weird. >> he said yesterday he was just cc'd. >> which is even weirder....
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the cia, yes, it does not hold prisoners. but that compound in benghazi was more than the cia. there were several contracting groups. the pentagon. there was a military unit in the area at the time. it was not delta forces as reported. but there was a military unit. i've been assured they did not hold prisoners. maybe the libyans picked him up and accuses people at the consulate of taking -- we just don't have the details. >> are we not going to get answers on the invest because of this? some want him to, but -- >> you know, why would the cia have a fire base in benghazi, libya? why was it not better protected? why did we not know that whole base was ringed by al-qaeda related militias and why did this investigation start in the first place because a harassment complaint to the fbi just never goes any way unless it's comarried with another piece of information and we don't have what that other piece of information is, because it's sensitive. and that's why we're asking so many questions. >> and we're going to keep asking them until we get answers and bob, thank you very much fo
the cia, yes, it does not hold prisoners. but that compound in benghazi was more than the cia. there were several contracting groups. the pentagon. there was a military unit in the area at the time. it was not delta forces as reported. but there was a military unit. i've been assured they did not hold prisoners. maybe the libyans picked him up and accuses people at the consulate of taking -- we just don't have the details. >> are we not going to get answers on the invest because of this?...
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at some point, they become worried was the cia director compromised. they realize it's an affair, but to your point, the director of the cia has access to the name of every person in the intelligence community. every operative around the world. more access than the secretary and to the president. i mean, it would seem of all people in the world if you're worried about the security of the cia director, that's something you would share. if not just with congress, but with the president, right? >> that's certainly makes sense from common sense point of view. at the same time, we have to look at the history of the fbi, when the fbi was probing into the private affairs of public officials and under the hoover administration, used them to blackmail extort pressure people to do the bidding of the fbi. we don't want to return to those days, so i think we have to be very careful and clearly, the fbi was trying to find the right line here and not use what may have been an affair that had nothing to do with national security in a way that would -- >> right. >> ha
at some point, they become worried was the cia director compromised. they realize it's an affair, but to your point, the director of the cia has access to the name of every person in the intelligence community. every operative around the world. more access than the secretary and to the president. i mean, it would seem of all people in the world if you're worried about the security of the cia director, that's something you would share. if not just with congress, but with the president, right?...
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director or the former cia director. i don't think that's the reason because i think he's much more intelligent than to believe that. >> people are saying it's just extraordinary that the fbi would even be investigating something that on the face of it appeared so trivial. you have this woman, miss kelley, and she apparently is receiving harassing e-mails but it's being made clear from leaks tonight these were not of an "i'm going to kill you" threatening nature. they were just accusing her of being a bit too big for her boots around the army camp and so on. that kind of tone of e-mail. it -- >> it sounded as if they were accusing her of more than that. possibly being too big for her clothing. but go ahead. >> right. either way, we're not talking about sinister death threats. why would the fbi be involved in this anyway? >> the fbi is supposed to investigate predicated federal crimes. and they don't know when they start an investigation precisely whether the evidence ultimately will show there was a crime. i don't know w
director or the former cia director. i don't think that's the reason because i think he's much more intelligent than to believe that. >> people are saying it's just extraordinary that the fbi would even be investigating something that on the face of it appeared so trivial. you have this woman, miss kelley, and she apparently is receiving harassing e-mails but it's being made clear from leaks tonight these were not of an "i'm going to kill you" threatening nature. they were just...
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should it be someone at the cia that should be fired? >> i don't know enough of the details to tell you the comment. my understanding, embassy security isn'tth isn't the cia's responsibility. it's the state department. they have to ask marines, part of the armed services, not the armed services problem there were no marines, state department for not asking for marines and making -- what kind of decision is it to have an informal militia guarding your ambassador? would we trust someone to guard our diplomats like a brand of roving people with guns strapped to their jeeps? u.s. a mess there, craziness, not have our own soldiers guarding our diplomats, we should never put diplomats in that situation. if there were two marines with automatic weapons, the ambassador might have gotten out alive. with ten marines, they had a really fighting chance to get out alive, and i think someone made a bad decision. it doesn't make them a bad person. it makes them someone who shouldn't be in charge for making the decision for any other ambassador. >> one
should it be someone at the cia that should be fired? >> i don't know enough of the details to tell you the comment. my understanding, embassy security isn'tth isn't the cia's responsibility. it's the state department. they have to ask marines, part of the armed services, not the armed services problem there were no marines, state department for not asking for marines and making -- what kind of decision is it to have an informal militia guarding your ambassador? would we trust someone to...
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look, this is a real problem for the morale and continuity of the cia. they have been through something like seven directors in eight years. this is not -- they lived through worse. they lived through the bombing where they lost members but the problem is the death by a thousand cuts. the clip you played by dianne feinstein suggests she calls it peeling layers of an onion. what we don't know is the whole story, the facts of the story. this jill kelley, it's sort of odd these harassing e-mails. why would a private citizen getting harassing e-mails merit the attention of the fbi at all? much less when they looked at it and saw there was no direct threats in it, why did they continue that investigation? >> it seems like from everything i read, i'm just citing this "wall street journal" report i just read, this initial fbi agent who according to the "wall street journal" was barred from further investigation and allegedly sent shirtless pictures to miss kelley, she approached him again according to the "wall street journal" and he's the one who kind of start
look, this is a real problem for the morale and continuity of the cia. they have been through something like seven directors in eight years. this is not -- they lived through worse. they lived through the bombing where they lost members but the problem is the death by a thousand cuts. the clip you played by dianne feinstein suggests she calls it peeling layers of an onion. what we don't know is the whole story, the facts of the story. this jill kelley, it's sort of odd these harassing e-mails....
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who will be the cia director? this whole national security team is going to require some reshuffling. it's a major headache that the president has, but that's why he's president of the united states, commander in chief, dealing with these kinds of issues. >> that's right. and john allen for now keeps his post. all right. wolf, great to see you as always. >>> and be sure to join wolf today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time in the "situation room" right here on cnn. those surprising little things she does still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take
who will be the cia director? this whole national security team is going to require some reshuffling. it's a major headache that the president has, but that's why he's president of the united states, commander in chief, dealing with these kinds of issues. >> that's right. and john allen for now keeps his post. all right. wolf, great to see you as always. >>> and be sure to join wolf today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time in the "situation room" right here on cnn. those...
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we've already seen the loss of general petraeus as director of the cia. to many people's minds, one of the great military figures of his generation. he's gone. you have another general supposed to take over the ultimate nato supreme command position who is now embroiled in the same scandal as well and that may or may not end in a certain way. what do you make of it? where do you see this going? >> well, it's surprising that you have two four star generals basically being removed from the scene this close together, and they both came from the same command. you'll remember that general allen was general petraeus' deputy when they were at central command headquarters. you have to wonder what's going on in tampa. what is that microcosm of military activity down there doing. tampa is an interesting place because it's the headquarters of the special operations command and central command, but none of them conduct operations in the area so it's kind of their isolated headquarters for their operations area. so it must do something to them down there. i don't know
we've already seen the loss of general petraeus as director of the cia. to many people's minds, one of the great military figures of his generation. he's gone. you have another general supposed to take over the ultimate nato supreme command position who is now embroiled in the same scandal as well and that may or may not end in a certain way. what do you make of it? where do you see this going? >> well, it's surprising that you have two four star generals basically being removed from the...
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>> he said it began a couple of months after he got to the cia. and i talked to him about the difficulty that i had with my transition to civilian life, that you leave behind your comrades in arms, the brotherhood and sisterhood of the closed fight, people with shared bonds and experiences, and you miss soldiers. and he indicated that was exactly what was going on in his life at that time, and unfortunately, he found the wrong person to find solace with. paula made herself available to go running with him and so forth, and i think he reached out to the wrong person in his time of need. he felt a void in his life. >> colonel, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> next, parents gone wild. a new idea that a lot of people, us, think is nuts. i've been taking a multivitamin for years. centrum silver. both of us actually. our pharmacist recommended it. and that makes me feel pretty good about it. and then i heard about a study looking at multivitamins and the long term health benefits. and what do you know? they used centrum silver in the study. makes me
>> he said it began a couple of months after he got to the cia. and i talked to him about the difficulty that i had with my transition to civilian life, that you leave behind your comrades in arms, the brotherhood and sisterhood of the closed fight, people with shared bonds and experiences, and you miss soldiers. and he indicated that was exactly what was going on in his life at that time, and unfortunately, he found the wrong person to find solace with. paula made herself available to go...
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he's written books about both the cia and the fbi. do you believe the rivalry between the fbi and cia played any sort of a role in the petraeus downfall? >> well, cia does have a right to be furious and there is a scandal here but it is not about sex. adultery is not a federal crime. the scandal is that a single rogue fbi agent appears to have taken it upon himself to leak the raw reporting in this case to a member of congress. that's not how the game is played. that is a dirty business. >> you're talking about the agent that was contacted initially and wasn't part of the fbi investigation, but had some knowledge because he was the one that passed it on to his superiors, he then apparently went to someone who went to eric cantor, and that sort of started the ball rolling. that's not how this came out. is he really a major player in all of this? >> i think he should be and i think he will be. because that is dishonorable conduct. the fbi and the cia spent the second half of the 20th century at war with one another and their feuding was
he's written books about both the cia and the fbi. do you believe the rivalry between the fbi and cia played any sort of a role in the petraeus downfall? >> well, cia does have a right to be furious and there is a scandal here but it is not about sex. adultery is not a federal crime. the scandal is that a single rogue fbi agent appears to have taken it upon himself to leak the raw reporting in this case to a member of congress. that's not how the game is played. that is a dirty business....
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former cia operative and cia contributor robert baer, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >>> how is the news of general john allen's involvement in the petraeus scandal being handled with the troops? we're going to talk about that side of the story next. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter too? what? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. ♪ ambiance [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. your head-start to home cooked. >>> welcome back. general john allen's nomination to become nato supreme commander now on
former cia operative and cia contributor robert baer, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >>> how is the news of general john allen's involvement in the petraeus scandal being handled with the troops? we're going to talk about that side of the story next. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a...
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so, first, former cia director general patreaus resigns. now general john allen's nomination to become nato commander is on hold. what does it mean for allen's career? how will this affect the efforts to wind down the war in afghanistan where you have 60,000 troops still deployed? let's listen in. >> around the world, each call he thanked his counterpart for friendship and partnership thus far and expressed his desire to continue close cooperation moving ahead. the president spoke with president karzai of afghanistan, prime minister monti of italy, king abdullah of jordan, president putin of russia, and president rohoi of spain. lie take your questions. >> a couple of questions about the scandal that many of us are covering. one specific and a bigger picture one. general allen we're learning questions about him and the pentagon's investigation of his alleged behavior. does the president have faith that general allen can continue to lead the war in afghanistan in this critical period of time when he's under investigation by the pentagon? >>
so, first, former cia director general patreaus resigns. now general john allen's nomination to become nato commander is on hold. what does it mean for allen's career? how will this affect the efforts to wind down the war in afghanistan where you have 60,000 troops still deployed? let's listen in. >> around the world, each call he thanked his counterpart for friendship and partnership thus far and expressed his desire to continue close cooperation moving ahead. the president spoke with...
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a member of the cia's external advisory committee. as you know, fran recently visited libya with her employer, mcandrews and forbes. also with us, suzanne kelly, jonathan turley and cnn contributor and former cia officer, bob baer. fran, i want to start with you, you are learning new information about what the fbi was doing at broadwell's house last night. >> anderson, you will remember yesterday as we watched over the course of this five hours in taking boxes out we wondered what in the world could that possibly be about. well, a source tells me that petraeus had designated, if you will, or sort of had paula broadwell be his archivist, the individual who collected and maintained all of his sort of historical documents that would be both backup for her book, but also, frankly, more broadly, her papers, and that the fbi had told broadwell they were interested in taking those documents, looking at that archive. we believe -- this source believed to see if there was any classified information in there, and so what we witnessed last night
a member of the cia's external advisory committee. as you know, fran recently visited libya with her employer, mcandrews and forbes. also with us, suzanne kelly, jonathan turley and cnn contributor and former cia officer, bob baer. fran, i want to start with you, you are learning new information about what the fbi was doing at broadwell's house last night. >> anderson, you will remember yesterday as we watched over the course of this five hours in taking boxes out we wondered what in the...
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dave petraeus is gone from the cia. it's important we understand there wasn't a breach of national security. paula broadwell had very close access to dave petraeus. i'm not trying to be flippant here, but what was whispered, what was said, what did she have acti access to? that has to be proven there was not risk. i don't have any more data than you do. this investigation has to run its course, let you and i talk about something else. >> i want to hear about jill kelley. maybe you don't care but someone running around calling herself honorary consul and has diplomatic plates, what's that all about? >> that's a camp follower. every community has these folks. clearly she's in a very prominent position with a lot of stars around. and she's infatuated by the stars. those gentlemen need to not flatter themselves. she's attracted to the stars, not them. >> general james "spider" marks joining us to fill us in on all these details. thank you. appreciate it. >> thanks, soledad. >>> 48 days to reach that fiscal cliff unless wash
dave petraeus is gone from the cia. it's important we understand there wasn't a breach of national security. paula broadwell had very close access to dave petraeus. i'm not trying to be flippant here, but what was whispered, what was said, what did she have acti access to? that has to be proven there was not risk. i don't have any more data than you do. this investigation has to run its course, let you and i talk about something else. >> i want to hear about jill kelley. maybe you don't...
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as a former cia officer, if i wanted to get into the u.s. military, i would go after somebody like that, what we call an access agent. i'm not at all saying that she is. just that now this -- not at all. i don't see this going anywhere. i agree with jonathan. i think there's going to be -- it's going to be a salacious series of affairs at the end of the day. >> that's what you think it boils down to? >> i think so, yeah. i just don't see any great crime here or maybe any crime at all. and i think this woman is probably innocent. she's aspiring to get into the american military for whatever reason. but you know, you still have to look at it and counterintelligence, you're guilty until proven innocent. that's just the way we approach things. >> it's fascinating. fran, suzanne, jonathan, bob, appreciate all your joining us tonight. let us know what you think. follow me on twitter right now. do you think there's more to this story? i'll be tweeting tonight as well. >>> paul ryan is sharing his thoughts on why he and mitt romney lost the election
as a former cia officer, if i wanted to get into the u.s. military, i would go after somebody like that, what we call an access agent. i'm not at all saying that she is. just that now this -- not at all. i don't see this going anywhere. i agree with jonathan. i think there's going to be -- it's going to be a salacious series of affairs at the end of the day. >> that's what you think it boils down to? >> i think so, yeah. i just don't see any great crime here or maybe any crime at...
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he's the head of the cia. and if he's been compromised in any way, shape or form, the president of the united states needs to know that. and congress needs to be notified of that. >> are you annoyed you were not notified? we know that eric cantor knew in september or october. >> you're not going to notify all of congress. but you do have a fiduciary responsibility to tell the chairman and the ranking member of both the house and senate of the intelligence committee. and if they were not informed, and it looks like senator feinstein was not informed, then something is grossly wrong. those people have to know. >> as you know, there are people who say it's a sex scandal. he is not the first general, we go out on a limb, and say he's not the first general to have an affair. maybe the first one who got caught -- >> but it's a crime in the military. and those are four-stars. you don't go to the bathroom without six people knowing where you're going. there are a lot of people that are knowing where he was, who had pr
he's the head of the cia. and if he's been compromised in any way, shape or form, the president of the united states needs to know that. and congress needs to be notified of that. >> are you annoyed you were not notified? we know that eric cantor knew in september or october. >> you're not going to notify all of congress. but you do have a fiduciary responsibility to tell the chairman and the ranking member of both the house and senate of the intelligence committee. and if they were...
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he has done a lot for his country, and he is the head of the cia. i think the cia, in what they do, they're the best in the world. they protect our country. what has happened now, and the fact that he has resigned, you have mike morell, who i have a lot of respect for, and he is qualified and competent, and he will do the job that needs to be done, which is continuing to focus on the mission of the cia, protect our national security, get human information, work with other agencies, and deal with any issue out there involving national security. >> do you think mike morell as acting director now should become the formal director. >> would you support him? >> i don't have any problem at all. this is the second time, the only other person in the united states that has been the acts director more than one time. he has the respect of men and women all over the world. a lot oaf people are not as focused on this as they are on their mission. >> i know we're out of time, but real quick, the house intelligence committee is having a closed hearing tomorrow as
he has done a lot for his country, and he is the head of the cia. i think the cia, in what they do, they're the best in the world. they protect our country. what has happened now, and the fact that he has resigned, you have mike morell, who i have a lot of respect for, and he is qualified and competent, and he will do the job that needs to be done, which is continuing to focus on the mission of the cia, protect our national security, get human information, work with other agencies, and deal...
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>> the other cia station chief within 24 hours said it was an al qaeda affiliated attack. didn't she have that information? the white house gave the talking points the president in credibility over two weeks later continued to call this a spontaneous demonstration that sparked this attack which by then, he must have known was totally false. there are a lot of things wrong here and she is part of it. she gave deceptive information to the american people when there was clearly other information that affirmed that this was a terrorist attack. >> supporters of ms. rise compare her comments to ms. rice back in 2002 when she made a case for the iraq war. that intelligence was inco snxi. when she spoke out, she was said to be a success story. they say there is a double st standa standard. the fact is four americans died and there was overwhelming evidence. and clearly there was an attack that didn't need to happen. there were advance warnings that were sent and they said they could not guarantee that they could defend the consulate. and there were many warnings and there were pre
>> the other cia station chief within 24 hours said it was an al qaeda affiliated attack. didn't she have that information? the white house gave the talking points the president in credibility over two weeks later continued to call this a spontaneous demonstration that sparked this attack which by then, he must have known was totally false. there are a lot of things wrong here and she is part of it. she gave deceptive information to the american people when there was clearly other...
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or you could put that person at cia. although the talk is that john brennan, the current homeland security adviser, is the man who could get cia if he wants it. but there's no knowledge about whether or not he wants it. and if he doesn't take it, mike morrell, the current acting director is considered the shoo-in for that job, wolf. >> he's got a full treasury secretary as well. there's speculation that jack lew could get that position. jessica, there'll be a lot of shuffling going on over at the white house. thanks very much. >> thanks, wolf. >>> the david petraeus scandal is complicating attempts by congress to investigate the attack on the u.s. consulate in bengha benghazi, libya. we'll tell you what's going on in a closed-door meeting on capitol hill, next. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to e-trade. they got killer tools man. they'll help you nail a retirement plan that's fierce. two golden crowns. you realize the odds of winning are the same as being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in
or you could put that person at cia. although the talk is that john brennan, the current homeland security adviser, is the man who could get cia if he wants it. but there's no knowledge about whether or not he wants it. and if he doesn't take it, mike morrell, the current acting director is considered the shoo-in for that job, wolf. >> he's got a full treasury secretary as well. there's speculation that jack lew could get that position. jessica, there'll be a lot of shuffling going on...
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especially about benghazi and the cia scandal. jake tapper is a senior correspondent and also and author of a book called "outpost." welcome. >> it is great to be here. >> and it is almost perfect timing, this book, because we were discussing before we went on air that it discusses two great general, the best, and both are gone, and did you ever imagine that would happen when you wrote the book? >> no. no, and the book is mainly about the grunts on the ground. it looks how people like president obama and obama and how they're decisions end up affecting these guys on the outpost on the bottom of three steep mountains. one of the things that emerges is that mcchrystal and the aides are obsessed with the idea of a celebrity general as petraeus has become. if you read the press clips, petraeus was the savior of iraq and mcchrystal wanted to be that and there was this hubris that took over. >> and hence the biography that petraeus did which brought him down by putting him in contact with this woman. >> and they start to believe their o
especially about benghazi and the cia scandal. jake tapper is a senior correspondent and also and author of a book called "outpost." welcome. >> it is great to be here. >> and it is almost perfect timing, this book, because we were discussing before we went on air that it discusses two great general, the best, and both are gone, and did you ever imagine that would happen when you wrote the book? >> no. no, and the book is mainly about the grunts on the ground. it...
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we are joined by fran townsend, a member of the cia's external advisory board. she has the breaking news. fran, you've been talking to sources, what have you learned about possible legal fallout? >> it's interesting, anderson. what we understand is that paula broadwell had consented to the search of her homes, but after a discussion between her lawyers and the fbi, they decided to get a search warrant. we understand that they are reviewing documents, but based on what they've seen so far, they say that the classified material is, one, not substantial that they have seen and, two, while it may be a technical violation, it's not egregious. as a result of that, the law enforcement official told me they don't expect that there will be a prosecution related to the unauthorized release of classified information, but that ultimately, that's not a decision that the fbi will make. they will make a presentation, they expect to wrap up in the next few days. they may want to do a final interview of paula broadwell, they will present what they have to the justice department
we are joined by fran townsend, a member of the cia's external advisory board. she has the breaking news. fran, you've been talking to sources, what have you learned about possible legal fallout? >> it's interesting, anderson. what we understand is that paula broadwell had consented to the search of her homes, but after a discussion between her lawyers and the fbi, they decided to get a search warrant. we understand that they are reviewing documents, but based on what they've seen so far,...
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but, second of all, it was obvious within 24 hours that the station chief from the cia said this was a terrorist attack. obvious to one and all that this was not a "spontaneous demonstration." in real time, they saw there was no demonstration. the -- ms. rice, i hope saw am -- ambassador rice i hope saw that immediately after she spoke, the head of the libyan national assembly, the president of it, said this was an al qaeda attack. everybody knew it was an al qaeda attack, and she continued to tell the world, through all the talk shows, that that it was a "spontaneous demonstration sparked by a video." that's not competence in my view, and think she should have known and she has never yet to this -- at this point declared that she was wrong. and the president is the one who is ultimately responsible, but that is not an acceptable person in my vow to be secretary of state. >> but the dni seemed to be backing her up, saying we disseminated the intelligence to the executive branch, to members of congress. do you think they are falling on their swords, you think they didn't do that? poss
but, second of all, it was obvious within 24 hours that the station chief from the cia said this was a terrorist attack. obvious to one and all that this was not a "spontaneous demonstration." in real time, they saw there was no demonstration. the -- ms. rice, i hope saw am -- ambassador rice i hope saw that immediately after she spoke, the head of the libyan national assembly, the president of it, said this was an al qaeda attack. everybody knew it was an al qaeda attack, and she...
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he was cia director at the time of the attack. he visited libya after the attack. he has a great deal of information that we need in order to understand what went wrong, how this attack occurred, why four americans lost their lives. >> cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. can lawmakers force petraeus to testify? >> you know, they definitely want him, you can see that. in fact, senator feinstein of california, who is head of the senate intelligence committee, wants him, is hoping that he would testify as early as friday. he was scheduled to testify this week. in fact, i believe it was thursday. that's not happening. but, you know, youf got two things. one is they believe that the information that he has, obviously, would be valuable. and, in fact, in some cases they would say crucial. the other thing is there are allegations by some republicans that the timing of his stepping down and all of his scandal is connected to the investigation. now that is surmisal on their part. that's allegations. there certainly is a lot of intere
he was cia director at the time of the attack. he visited libya after the attack. he has a great deal of information that we need in order to understand what went wrong, how this attack occurred, why four americans lost their lives. >> cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. can lawmakers force petraeus to testify? >> you know, they definitely want him, you can see that. in fact, senator feinstein of california, who is head of the senate...
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cnn is told petraeus told lawmakers rice was using these unclassified cia talking points, which omitted mention of terrorist elements because it was still classified and could have compromised intelligence sources. >> she used the unclassified talking points that were signed off on by the entire intelligence community. so criticisms of her are completely unwarranted. >> reporter: republicans like peter king still suggested those talking points were changed. >> the original talking points prepared by the cia were different from the ones that were finally put out. >> reporter: in fact, cnn has learned king is right. an original draft did suggest the attack had links to al qaeda, but a senior u.s. official tells cnn it was an interagency decision to change that to "extremists" in order to protect classified sources. democrats accuse republicans of unnecessarily assassinating rice's character. >> you don't pillory a person, and to select ambassador rice because she used an unclassified talking point to say that she is unqualified to be secretary of state, i think is a mistake. >> reporter:
cnn is told petraeus told lawmakers rice was using these unclassified cia talking points, which omitted mention of terrorist elements because it was still classified and could have compromised intelligence sources. >> she used the unclassified talking points that were signed off on by the entire intelligence community. so criticisms of her are completely unwarranted. >> reporter: republicans like peter king still suggested those talking points were changed. >> the original...
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. >>> the ex-cia director sex scandal. what kind of legal fallout, if any, could david petraeus and the others involved face? our legal guys are on the case. they'll be here and they'll weigh in. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping...
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he's adopted the predator missiles into the cia. they're using them as drone attacks as well as the pentagon. who knows what else he's up to, but certainly his whole concept of counterinsurgency violates the sovereignty of every nation on earth. though it's a very dangerous position we're putting ourselves into weapon-wise. we can talk about untold history, where we get into the issue of where we're going, america -- >> i'll come to that. on petraeus, when the scandal broke about him having a mistress, is that grounds enough -- >> in england, it is. >> -- for him to resign? >> in england it is. our puritan morality dictates it. > that's true. >> certainly, it's not the reasons i would like to see him take a fall. it reminds me of the monica lewinsky scandal. stuff like that. it's tabloid. you love that in england. but here in america, the truth is he should have been long ago investigated far more severely by our media and he got a free pass because of the fruit salad and the congressional -- and in general, the entire american nati
he's adopted the predator missiles into the cia. they're using them as drone attacks as well as the pentagon. who knows what else he's up to, but certainly his whole concept of counterinsurgency violates the sovereignty of every nation on earth. though it's a very dangerous position we're putting ourselves into weapon-wise. we can talk about untold history, where we get into the issue of where we're going, america -- >> i'll come to that. on petraeus, when the scandal broke about him...
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. >> rah geofjivrajiv, in a piecen a piece he had to resign as cia director and he became famous as a general and commander that he had fallen. >> oh, indeed. both sides in some way are culpable here. both sides are responsible for building him up. yes, petraeus grasped before many of his fellow generals, the power of the media narrative in shaping the modern battlefield story and he reached out to journalists, to authors, and not to think tank experts and others bringing him to iraq and afghanistan to observe what was going on. he under thstood that the stori of the wars would not be shaped just on the ground but also in washington. what he did there was sort of -- it's now sort of become ceched wisdom within the military but back in the early day of iraq, it was sort of pioneering. >> there was a distance between the people running the war and the journalists who were covering the war. tara mckelvey, you have an acquaintan acquaintanceship with paula broadwell? she was over tour kwlo your hou? >> at the time, i read. and she and i talked about petraeus. and paula, she sort of talked
. >> rah geofjivrajiv, in a piecen a piece he had to resign as cia director and he became famous as a general and commander that he had fallen. >> oh, indeed. both sides in some way are culpable here. both sides are responsible for building him up. yes, petraeus grasped before many of his fellow generals, the power of the media narrative in shaping the modern battlefield story and he reached out to journalists, to authors, and not to think tank experts and others bringing him to...
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this is a group of officials from the cia including the acting cia director, mr. clapper and others from the state department have been going around. they had a very long meeting on the house side for the house intelligence committee this morning. by the way, this is the one that general petraeus was supposed to be doing coming back after congress was gone and really giving them the details that they have about what happened in benghazi, why the intelligence community may have not had the correct initial information about what happened there and what they know now. that briefing on the senate side is going on as we speak. and as i mentioned, we're going to hear from the chairwoman in the ranking republican. what we do know is that they are seeing a video that was obtained from the consulate. it was a closed circuit video that intelligence officials are hoping will shed light on what really happened and why the information they had at the time may not be what it turned out to be in the end. >> dana, thanks very much. we'll have much more on this part of the story c
this is a group of officials from the cia including the acting cia director, mr. clapper and others from the state department have been going around. they had a very long meeting on the house side for the house intelligence committee this morning. by the way, this is the one that general petraeus was supposed to be doing coming back after congress was gone and really giving them the details that they have about what happened in benghazi, why the intelligence community may have not had the...
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>> the cia. i don't know if it was with him -- the talking points were drafted were specific about al qaeda affiliations or al qaeda terrorist activities. they didn't have it in front of them. after it went through the process, whatever that process is, which they seemed unclear about, that was taken out. >> how long did the hearing last? >> an hour and -- he had an opening statement about 20 minutes. so an hour and ten minutes of questions. >> was he asked about the statement that paula broadwell made at a speech? >> no. >> about the cia? >> no. >> are you saying the dni took it out or the administration took it out? >> again, i guess it's how you define the administration. it also went to the department of justice, state department. and i believe the national security council. >> did he talk about the films, videos and how -- >> yes. >> what did he say about those? >> i can't get into that. nothing controversial. >> did you guys watch any films today? >> no. we saw them yesterday. >> yesterday?
>> the cia. i don't know if it was with him -- the talking points were drafted were specific about al qaeda affiliations or al qaeda terrorist activities. they didn't have it in front of them. after it went through the process, whatever that process is, which they seemed unclear about, that was taken out. >> how long did the hearing last? >> an hour and -- he had an opening statement about 20 minutes. so an hour and ten minutes of questions. >> was he asked about the...
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. >> then he resigned as cia director. now john allen, top adviser in afghanistan, is being investigated for flirtatious e-mails he exchanged with kelley over a two-year period. >> kelley is pleading for privacy now even though she finds herself in the middle of a real-life soap and a here. we are hearing her voice now for the first time in a 911 call to tampa police, that was last weekend, she called to complain about the people outside her house citing diplomatic protection, which she doesn't have. listen to this. >> you know i don't know if by any chance, um, because i'm on in their council general, so i have inviolability, so they should not be able to cross my property. i don't know if you want to get technical, but because it's against the law to cross my property since this is now like you know it's inviable. >> let's start with jill, leon panetta delivered new comments on the scandal hours ago. is the defense department at the tip of the investigation and what's the latest here? >> well, we'll get to that vote of c
. >> then he resigned as cia director. now john allen, top adviser in afghanistan, is being investigated for flirtatious e-mails he exchanged with kelley over a two-year period. >> kelley is pleading for privacy now even though she finds herself in the middle of a real-life soap and a here. we are hearing her voice now for the first time in a 911 call to tampa police, that was last weekend, she called to complain about the people outside her house citing diplomatic protection, which...
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the cia of course became involved, directly involved in this when the suspected jihadist attacked u.s. facilities in benghazi. general petraeus was scheduled to testify this week. now, that as we know was derailed by the scandal. senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to have measure on that. our dana bash has been doing the best she can to take in all of the information. listen, this is tricky. so many of these stories are interconnected. there is a lot of reporting. not all confirmed, but u maybe just start with this. how has this matter worked out that general petraeus will indeed show up on capitol hill and testify voluntarily? >> well, it started with the senate intelligence chairwoman, dianne feinstein telling us yesterday that that was her desire. in her words, that's a big stone left unturned if petraeus doesn't come up here and tell members of congress wh
the cia of course became involved, directly involved in this when the suspected jihadist attacked u.s. facilities in benghazi. general petraeus was scheduled to testify this week. now, that as we know was derailed by the scandal. senator john mccain is one of several republican lawmakers remanding more information from the obama administration on just what the heck happened in benghazi and around benghazi. he's scheduled to give a news conference at the bottom of the hour and we are going to...